Word: philipps
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...black steed in inky trappings is led by, mournful and riderless. Black plumes nod on his head, and a broken shield hangs from the empty saddle. He symbolizes the War of the Orleans Succession and the disasters which plunged the "gay court" in deepest mourning. Under Carl Philipp things are more cheerful. It is a time for hunting and merry-making. A huge boar is carried triumphantly aloft in a wagon, and then a stag. Falconers ride by with hooded birds perched upon their wrists; and sturdy huntsmen follow with eager hounds in leash. Through all our vicisitudes, we have...